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Leadership Problems

Why Would Anyone Follow Me?

by Jillian Vanarsdall on September 28, 2009

“To Understand Follower-Ship, Leaders Need to Grasp
The Survival Benefits of Social Coordination”

I recently read an article, An Evolutionary View-What Followers Want from Their Leaders, that explains the three characteristics dating back to the ancient tribes that every follower needs from their leader.

Roughly two million years ago, the hunter-gather living style did not have formal leadership roles.  With [...]

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The Four Sins of Poor Listening

by Bill Caskey on August 3, 2009

(The following article is from the magazine Going Bonkers–”Are You Listening To Me”)

“It is time for us to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever-the one who recognizes his/her challenges and does something about it.” -Vince Lombardi

The Four Sins:
1. Interrupting. “I really am not interested in paying attention to what you have to [...]

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Just a Temper Problem? Think Again.

by Bill Caskey on April 1, 2009

This is a series written to help leaders understand what derails them and their management team. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be highlighting the entire list of eleven derailers from the Hogan Assessment.
Derailer #1: Excitable
John was a VP of Sales for a large manufacturing company in Chicago. He had been with the firm for [...]

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It’s Never Competencies. It’s Behavior.

by Bill Caskey on March 22, 2009

Was talking last week to a good friend, who leads the Leadership Initiative at a large, really large pharma company. What does she find  the #1 problem with graduates from MBA school?
Great at business skills. Lousy at behavioral skills. What does that mean?
It means that our Business Schools are doing a great job of educating [...]

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What Does a “Leadership Behavior Problem” Mean?

by Bill Caskey on November 22, 2008

I was in a meeting the other day and brought up the term “behavior problem.” The HR director shook her head and said, “Boy, do we have those.” I asked her to explain.
She spent the next 20 minutes talking about a different kind of behavior problem than what I was referring to. She talked about [...]

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